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     Several months after the Vinton Parks and Recreation Board proposed a change in the housing and compensation package for Parks and Rec  Director Duane Randall, the Vinton Council has agreed to set up a new committee to recommend future changes.      Last fall, the P & R Board proposed allowing Randall to move out of the city-owned house where he has lived since coming to Vinton in 1986 and replacing the housing benefit with a $1,040 per month stipend.

        The Cooling Dance Center students performed their spring recital this past weekend. Jan Andreesen took many photos, and shared these with Vinton Today. The performers pictured with this story include: "Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"    l to r  Lauren Price, Elly Gloede, Make

  City Street Notices:   1.      The City of Vinton will soon begin a project on East 4th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue, including the intersections. The project may begin as early as the week of June 13th. Please be prepared to take an alternate route through this area. The work should only last one month, weather permitting.

  In celebration of 100 years of the Butter Cow, the Iowa State Fair is hosting the 2011 Battle of the Butter. The contest will give participants the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try one of the Iowa State Fair's oldest art forms: butter sculpting. The Battle of the Butter will be held daily at 4 p.m. on the Fair's Anne and Bill Riley Stage.

     One of the first people I met in Vinton was Keith Mossman. Not long after I arrived in Vinton, Keith had the opportunity to see something that most men just dream of: Having his grandson join him in his work.     I wrote a story about Keith, Mark and John Mossman when John returned to Vinton to join the Mossman law firm.

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     A drawing was held at the June 7th meeting of the 2020 Vision for Vinton Committee to determine the winner of the George Foreman Family Indoor Grill. The entry for Bill and Mary Hawk, 1505 C Avenue, was drawn by ECICOG representative Chad Sands. The entry was pulled from numerous entries received from Vinton residents who returned their community surveys along with an entry form.

  Your school cumulative folder is available for you to pick up at the Central Office located at 1502 C Ave., Vinton, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30p.m. Mon.-Fri.  Folders will be available until July 15, 2011, at which time they will be disposed of.  Folders will be released to the student only, unless a signed release is presented at time of pick-up.

  Full Name - Grade BECK, BRELYNN 9 BUNGE, JACOB 9 CASHMAN, EMILY 9 CUMMINGS, JACEY 9 DAVIS, LOGAN 9 DEARDEN, MIKAYLA 9 DEKLOTZ, CARLEY 9 DRUGER, LEXIS 9 DUONG, BONNIE 9 ELWICK, MADISON 9 FISCHER, ELIZABETH 9 FRAISE, RITA 9 FREEMAN, ANDREW 9 GOLDEN, GRANT 9 HANOVER, JOEL 9 HOSFORD, DESTINEE 9 HUSS, SAMUEL 9 HYLAND, BENJAMIN 9 ISBELL, JACOB 9 JESSEN, MARA 9 JORGENSEN, SARA 9 KENNEY, KARLEY 9 LASH, MATTHEW 9 LEBEDA, WYATT 9 LEE, ANNA 9 LIPPMANN, EMMA 9 MCGEE, ELIZABETH 9 MCKENNA, ASHLEY 9 MEYER, WYATT 9 MOEN, LUKE 9 MURRAY, LUCAS 9 NELSON, DALTON 9 OVERTON, CHASE 9 OWENS, LUKE 9 PATRILLA, JACOB 9 REISCH, JACOB 9 RIPPEL, DYLAN 9 RUSSELL, RICKEY 9 SAGAN, NOLAN 9 SEITZ, HANNAH 9 SHAW, JAEGER 9 SPIES, TANNER 9 STAHLHUT, KATLYN 9 STAINBROOK, BETHANY 9 TAYLOR, KAYLA 9 THARP, AUDREY 9 VOGT, EDEE 9 WEHAGE, RAECHEL 9 WILLIAMS, GRIFFIN 9 WILSON, MARGARET 9 ANDREESEN, CLAIRE 10 ANKNEY, DEVON 10 ARP, SHELBY 10 BEASLEY, DANIELLE 10 BERRY, STEPHANIE 10 BOHNSACK, WHITNEY 10 CASTEEL, KAITLIN 10 CAYTON, HANNAH 10 CLEMENS, RACHEL 10 CORNELL, MADELYN 10 COX, MACY 10 DINDERMAN, TAYLER 10 DULIN, HAILY 10 ENGBRETSON, ERICA 10 FERGUSON, JOSHUA 10 GRAUBERGER-HEIMS, AUSTIN 10 GRIFFITH, MAX 10 HACH, CARA 10 HANCOCK, WILLIAM 10 HANSON, KATIE 10 HEIDT, KATHERINE 10 HELLER, LISA 10 HUBER, WILLOW 10 JACOBSON, NICOLE 10 JOHNSON, TYLER 10 KALINA, PAULA 10 KALINA, STEPHEN 10 KETCHEN, NATALIE 10 KILPATRICK, KASSIE 10 LEICHSENRING, HANNAH 10 LEONARD, BAILEY 10 LONG, JENAE 10 LYONS, BAILEY 10 MICHAEL, KATHRYN 10 MILLER, TERESA 10 NOVOTNY, ASHLEY 10 OLTROGGE, PARKER 10 PAUSTIAN, KAITLYN 10 PETERSON, ALEXIS 10 PETERSON, KAYLA 10 RANDALL, ERIN 10 RUIZ, ALISSA 10 SAGAN, GRANT 10 SHAW, JORDAN 10 SOJKA, CODY 10 STEWART, CYLER 10 STRUVE, KACIE 10 TERNUS, MEGAN 10 TILLEY, BRANDON 10 TOLLEFSON, AMBER 10 VOGT, HUNTER 10 WEHAGE, ALYSHA 10 WESTENDORF, MAKAYLA 10 WHEELER, JENNA 10 WIEBOLD, NATHAN 10 ALDERSON, CASSANDRA 11 BARTLING, PAYTON 11 BIRD, HALEY 11 BODDICKER, KATIE 11 BROWN, TREVOR 11 CLINGMAN, EMMA 11 COOLING, CLARE 11 COX, JULIE'NICOLE 11 DARLAND, ABIGAIL 11 DAVIS, KARISSA 11 EDWARDS, NOLAN 11 GERBER, BRINKLEY 11 GOSSE, JARED 11 HALSTEAD, LOGAN 11 HANSON, ARIC 11 HART, MATTHEW 11 HENDERSON, KRISTIN 11 HORST, EMMA 11 HUSTED, MIRANDA 11 HYDE, THEADORA 11 JORGENSEN, SAMANTHA 11 KEARNS, KIMBERLY 11 KIRCHNER, KAMI 11 KRAMER, VICTORIA 11 LASH, STEPHANIE 11 LATTING, ZACHARY 11 LENSCH, CHELSIE 11 LEVIS, JOHNATHAN 11 LOUGH, JOSEPH 11 MEYER, ANNIE 11 MILROY, JACOB 11 MOEN, ELIZABETH 11 MORRIS, AMBER 11 NAUGHTON, TYLER 11 NOE, NOELLE 11 NOELLER, TESS 11 OSBORN, ELLE 11 PLADSEN, DANISHA 11 REISCH, ANNA 11 RIFFEY, LINCOLN 11 SPRINGER, ALEX 11 SPRINGER, MADELINE 11 STEPHENSON, SUMMER 11 STODOLA, JAKE 11 STRONG, ASHLEY 11 STUECK, MACKENZIE 11 SWALLOM, MIRANDA 11 TRANEL, GUNNER 11 VORE, ASHTON 11 WALSTON, MATTHEW 11 WEBSTER, RYAN 11 ANDREWS, AMY 12 BEATTY, BRODY 12 BERGEN, BRADLEY 12 BEYER, SHELBY 12 BLAKE, MATTHEW 12 BOYER, ASHLEY 12 BRODY, TORI 12 BROWN, KOSETTE 12 CHANDLER, ADAM 12 CHAVEZ-HOLLEY, MARISA 12 COOK, MICHELLE 12 DICK, KATHERINE 12 DYSON, JACOB 12 EMRICH, ALLISON 12 ENGBRETSON, RICHARD 12 FISCHER, BRIAN 12 FORRESTER, ASHLEY 12 FOUARGE, BRANDON 12 HALLBERG, TROY 12 HAMMAR, ERIKA 12 HARRELSON, OLIVIA 12 HECKMANN, AUTUMN 12 HILL, FELICIA 12 JACKSON, ALYSSA 12 JESSEN, ALEXANDER 12 JOHNSON, ZACHARY 12 JORGENSEN, MEGAN 12 KEARNS, KRISTIN 12 KREUTNER, PAIGE 12 LAMB, JOSHUA 12 LEBEDA, DALTON 12 LEYDEN, EMILY 12 LIPPMANN, JOHN 12 LONG, ALVIN 12 LYONS, WESLEY 12 MAHOOD, KELSEY 12 MAIER, BRANDON 12 MERCHANT, LOGAN 12 MILLER, EMILY 12 MULLENIX, BRAY 12 OLTROGGE, WYATT 12 OWENS, MEGHAN 12 PETTENGILL, MATTHEW 12 PFLUGHAUPT, RYLIE 12 RELF, JENA 12 ROSTER, ANDREW 12 SCHMELZER, ALEXANDRIA 12 SILBERGER, DESTINEE 12 STOREY, IAN 12 TUTTLE, MITCHELL 12 WERNING, JUSTIN 12 WESTENDORF, MAKENZIE 12 WILLIAMS, LOGAN 12 WOMOCHIL, KALEY 12 YERKES, ANTHONY 12   BOLD DENOTES 4.

       The Vinton-Shellsburg Band was honored for its academic achievement, as well as its outstanding musical season which included Division 1 ratings throughout the year and a repeat trip to the Iowa High School Jazz Championships.      Each band section earned a "Distinguished" honor, representing an average GPA of 3.